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is f6nm steel brittle or ductile ma

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aminishfaq

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Jan 25, 2019
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is f6nm steel brittle or ductile material?
 
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At what C level? What strength? What temperature?
In general this a fairly tough material but it has its limits.

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It will be somewhere in between; precisely where depends on the quality and the heat treat condition.
No metallic alloy is truly 'brittle', metals just have varying degrees of ductility.

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